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QuarkNet Interns

Every summer, Fermilab offers a select group of students the opportunity to work with
engineers and scientists. These students choose a research project and are given six
weeks to complete it. At the end of the six weeks, students are required to share what
they've done through an oral presentation.

This year (2012-2013), students conducted research on a number of different subjects including: CMS Tracking, Dark Matter Detectors, Electron Clouds, Interferometer Simulations, Optical Astronomy, Seismometers , and Theoretical Astrophysics. If you are
interested in joining us next summer, visit the QuarkNet Internship info page.

Purpose

This year's website is meant to accomplish several goals. It is here to be:

An inside look at what the students accomplished this year.

A resource for high school students who want to work on projects that require
the same basic skills as this year's projects, as well as a resource for teachers.

An antidote to the myth that high school students aren't smart enough to contribute to
science in a meaningful way.